Breathe Deeply and Enjoy a Beer

Published: December 15, 2002

I admit it, I smoke, not that much, but I do. What I fail to understand is why smokers are considered pariahs of society when more deaths and pollution can be ascribed to other causes. These include city buses spewing forth their poisons, in conjunction with innumerable idling trucks, not to mention outdated and inefficient furnaces and automobiles.

And why is it that a restaurant or bar cannot declare itself a smoking establishment? Patrons and employees would then have a choice as to whether or not they wished to patronize or work at the place. A little common sense and equity should be applied so that people can be free to make their own choices.